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YOU’RE INVITED \/\/ BLISS WELLNESS PRESENTS \/\/ KIRTAN with THE WALKING MONK<\/p>\n
We are very excited to invite the community on Friday October 2nd for an Musical Event with Bhaktimarga Swami, aka The Walking Monk. Swami has been a monk in the Krishna tradition of India for 43 years. <\/p>\n
He is known internationally for walking the length Canada annually raising awareness.<\/p>\n
VENUE: Nimai’s Bliss Kitchen
\n94 S Robinson Ave Newburgh <\/p>\n
Date: Friday October 2nd <\/p>\n
Time: 6-9PM <\/p>\n
COST: FREE & Open to The Public <\/p>\n
SPECIAL DINNER ALL EVENING – $15<\/p>\n
This time he is walking from Boston Massachusetts to Butler Pennsylvania via NYC in honor of his teacher Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami (Prabhupada) who first brought the Krishna Tradition to West through Boston Harbor and NYC. <\/p>\n
Attached is some more info about the Swami and his journey. <\/p>\n
UPCOMING EVENTS \/\/ SAVE THE DATE<\/p>\n
THURSDAYS in OCTOBER – Indian Cooking Class. 6PM <\/p>\n
Saturday October 24th at 6:30 PM Ayurveda Seminar & Kirtan Night <\/p>\n
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Media Release <\/p>\n
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Monk To Walk Across America In Honor Of Our Teachers <\/b> <\/p>\n
Swami’s Walk Marks 50<\/i>th<\/i><\/sub> Anniversary of Hare Krishna Tradition Coming West <\/i> <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n For Immediate Release <\/p>\n Date: September 16, 2015 <\/p>\n Contact: Ananda Rupa <\/p>\n Phone: 786 999-9735 Email: anandarupa108@gmail.com <\/p>\n Website: www.thewalkingmonk.net <\/p>\n Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thewalkingmonk <\/a> <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Boston<\/i>\u2014Bhaktimarga Swami, a Canadian born Hare Krishna monk, is launching the <\/p>\n first phase of a walk across America from the Boston Commons on September 20. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Swami, who has walked across Canada four times, plans to walk from Boston to Butler, Pennsylvania and then to New York City this autumn, as a sort of 60-day warm up drill. In 2016 he plans to walk from New York City to the west coast. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n The Swami, 63, is walking to draw attention to the contributions of his own spiritual teacher, or guru, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada arrived in <\/p>\n the USA 50 years ago, on September 17, 1965. He came practically penniless from India at the age of 70 on the order of his teacher to promote God consciousness, or devotional bhakti-yoga, to the English-speaking world. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n “In the broader sense I’m walking to honor all our teachers,” Swami says. “Our <\/p>\n teachers open the doors to the world for us, and to other worlds as well. I hope to <\/p>\n remind us all how grateful we should be to those who give us knowledge, especially knowledge about our inner potenial, ” he says. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n In 1965, Srila Prabhupada, after landing in Boston and spending just a few hours on shore, traveled to Butler PA where he stayed a month before moving on to New York <\/p>\n City to begin his mission. Today the organization he founded, the International <\/p>\n Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has grown to be a worldwide <\/p>\n movement of 600 temples, 100 eco farms, and the world’s largest publishing house of Vedic, or Hindu, literature. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Bhaktimarga Swami, whose name coincidentally means the “path of devotion,” made <\/p>\n his first walk across Canada in 1996. Since then he has walked across the world’s second largest country four times going both east to west, and west to east. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Swami took up the monastic lifestyle at twenty-one. He has since dedicated his life to teach spiritual knowledge, specializing in devotional arts and theater. When not walking he flies to Africa, Cuba and elsewhere teaching\u2014and honoring his teachers. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n The walk will begin at the Boston Commons, Sunday, September 20 at 4 PM. <\/b> <\/p>\n Backgrounder, The Walking Monk <\/b> <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Bhaktimarga Swami was born in 1952 in Ontario, Canada. He was introduced to the <\/p>\n Hare Krishna movement when he was a college student; in 1973 he received <\/p>\n initiation from Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabupada, a prominent Sanskrit <\/p>\n scholar, guru, and founder-acarya<\/i> of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Bhaktimarga Swami accepted the monastic order of life in 1984. He is an instructor <\/p>\n in bhakti, or devotional yoga, mantra meditation, and interactive dance. Swami is well known for his work with youth, especially encouraging young people in the <\/p>\n performing arts and devotional drama. He has scripted and directed several dozen performances based on sacred Hindu texts. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n For the general public, Bhaktimarga Swami is best known as the Walking Monk. To <\/p>\n share his message of peace and gratitude he crossed Canada four times covering over 17,000 miles on foot. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n “More relevant that the distances covered are the people I encountered,” Swami <\/p>\n says. He reflects on his experiences and adventures in his daily blog which he calls <\/p>\n “Tales from Trails.” Bhaktimarga Swami has also trekked across Ireland, the Fiji Islands, Mauritius, Trinidad, Guyana, Israel, and other countries. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Traveling on foot is a common practice in various spiritual traditions, and the <\/p>\n Walking Monk believes that it’s an effective way to reach out and communicate the importance of morality and ethical priorities. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Swami says that when you walk, “You learn to take it all in, the heat, the wind, the <\/p>\n rain, the traffic, the cold, the black flies, the mosquitoes, the public attention or none <\/p>\n – with all of that you learn detachment from externals and how to go within to be <\/p>\n happy.” <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n On September 20 Swami begins his American cross-country walk. Tracing the first movements of his own teacher after Srila Prabhupada’s arrival from India 50 years <\/p>\n ago, Swami will walk from Boston to Butler, Pennsylvania, and then back to New York City. This will be followed by a New York-San Francisco walking journey in 2016. <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Daily blog: http:\/\/thewalkingmonk.blogspot.com\/, <\/a>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thewalkingmonkblog <\/a> <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Website: www.thewalkingmonk.net <\/p>\n Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thewalkingmonk <\/a> <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n